More photos by taken by Jan Oosterboer showing traffic quite different from what you’d see on our parts of the watery globe.
Let’s start with Matador 3. With the North Sea as the densest area of the globe for offshore wind turbines, floating cranes like this–with lift capacity of 1800 tons– keep busy.
And Wei Li . . . self-propelled and with lift capacity of 3000 tons. Before we move to a different type of vessel, do you remember Pelicano from Guanabara Bay?
Seven Rio is a recent launch . . . deep sea pipe layer.
Kolga, the larger tugboat here, is 236′ x 59,’ yet
it’s dwarfed by its tow, crane vessel Hermod, with two cranes whose lift capacity surpasses 8000 tons.
K. R. V. E. 61 is a highly visible crew tender.
Here’s another view of Hermod.
SD Sting Ray (104′ x 39′) is like a mouse at a foot of an elephant here,
the elephant being Stena Don, a Stena drill rig.
Many thanks to Jan Oosterboer for these photos which came via Fred Trooster.
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August 12, 2015 at 4:12 pm
Les Sonnenmark
The comparison of crane lifting capacity among the ships is a bit of apples and oranges. Per the owners’ websites, MATADOR 3’s is rated in tonnes (metric tons) of 2205 lb, while HERMOND’s is rated in short tons of 2000 lb. WEI LI doesn’t specify the units, though I suspect it’s tonnes, as the rest of her particulars are quoted in metric units. Wouldn’t it be safer if we all used metric units?
August 13, 2015 at 11:32 am
tugster
les– good clarification. tons are confusing: http://www.gjenvick.com/SteamshipArticles/ShipTonnage/1932-06-28-ShipTonnageExplained.html#axzz3iiIZ2ORK and http://www.onlineconversion.com/faq_09.htm